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ABRAHAM  LINCOLN 


AND 


ULYSSES  S.  GRANT: 


THEIK 


CHARACTER  AND  CONSTITUTION  SCIENTIFICALLY 
EXPLAINED; 

WITH  ENORA.VINGS. 


ALL  WHO   DESIRE  TO  GAIN   A  RELIABLE   KNOWLEDGE   OF   THE 
PERSONAL  CHARACTERISTICS  OF  THE  PRESIDENT,  ABRA- 
HAM LINCOLN,  AND  LIEUT.-GEN.  ULYSSES  S.  GRANT, 
WILL  PLEASE   TO  READ   THIS   WORK. 


SAN    FRANCISCO: 

PUBLISHED  BY  A.  F.  KOLLNER,  PRACTICAL  PHRENOLOGIST. 

Office,  No.  32  Second  Street. 


ABRAHAM  LINCOLN 


AND 


ULYSSES  S.  GRANT: 


THEIR 


CHARACTER  AND  CONSTITUTION  SCIENTIFICALLY 

EXPLAINED, 
WITH 


ALL  WHO  DESIRE  TO  GAIN  A  RELIABLE  KNOWLEDGE  OF  THE 
PERSONAL  CHARACTERISTICS  OF  THE  PRESIDENT,  ABRA- 
HAM LINCOLN,  AND  LIEUT.-GEN.  ULYSSES  S.  GRANT, 
WILL  PLEASE  TO  READ  THIS  WORK. 


PUBLISHED    BY 

A.  T.  ROLLNER,  PRACTICAL  PHRENOLOGIST, 
1864. 


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THE  time-of  the  election  for  the  Presidentialship  of  the 
United  States  of  America  is  come.  The  welfare,  unity  and 
power  of  a  great  nation  is  to  be  placed  in  the  hands  of  one 
man.  It  becomes  the  duty  of  every  citizen  to  wie,ld  his  power 
and  influence  in  the  right  channel, — to  choose  a  Captain  en- 
dowed with  talents,  energies,  will  and  perseverance  able  to  res- 
cue the  Ship  out  of  the  storm,  and  guide  it  into  a  safe  harbor. 

The  time  is  come  to  throw  your  influence  on  the  scale  which 
will  decide  the  man  who,  for  the  coming  term  of  years,  will 
rule  the  political  affairs  of  our  Country.  It  is  a  critical  time, 
indeed.  Every  man  is  called  to  give  this  great  matter  of  a 
nation's  welfare  an  honest  consideration,  according  to  his  own 
judgment.  Yet,  there  are  thousands  who  are  undecided,  hav- 
ing neither  time  nor  opportunity  to  gain  reliable  knowledge  of 
the  candidate  whom  they  would  otherwise  support.  I  consider 
it  my  duty,  interested  in  the  welfare  of  our  great  nation,  to 
examine  the  man  strictly  and  scientifically,  according  to  the 
Science  of  Phrenology  and  Physiognomy :  as  an  especial  favor, 
reveal  unto  you  the  character  of  ABRAHAM  LINCOLN,  President 
of  the  United  States. 


SIR  : — You  bear  a  striking  and  impressive  countenance. 
Your  oval  head  and  face  indicate  a  vigorous,  active,  energetic 
mind,  strongly  marked  character,  manifesting  a  superior  capac- 
ity for  both  perception  and  conception;  large  firmness,  self-re- 
liance and  perseverance  in  your  engagements ;  constancy  in 
love  and  friendship.  These  signs  indicate  the  acknowledged 
leader  in  the  sphere  of  life,  attaining  success  by  means  of  energy 
and  perseverance  rather  than  by  deep  scheming. 

In  temperament  the  motive  predominates,  being  very  largely 
developed ;  confers  great  muscular  power  and  physical  strength ; 
a  love  for  labor,  lifting,  working  with  great  ease  of  action  and 
endurance,  and  renders  you  strong,  tough,  thorough-going,  for- 
cible, and  of  powerful  emotion ;  strongly  marked,  determined, 
impressive,  both  physically  and  mentally,  stamping  your  char- 
acter on  all  you  touch. 

The  mental  temperament  being  largely  developed,  combine 
with  the  motive,  indicate  and  afford  you  great  power  of  deep 
and  sound  reasoning,  clear  judgment,  and  a  manifestation,  not 
only  of  superior  talents,  but  of  the  solid,  reasoning,  investigat- 
ing intellect. 

Your  vital  temperament  is  fully  developed;  supplies  you 
and  sustains  your  body  with  that  strength  and  power  which 
enable  you  to  put  forth  such  tremendous  efforts  in  your  actions. 
This  temperament  being  fully  developed,  is  accompanied  by 
large  combativeness,  destructiveness  and  firmness.  These  very 
organs  are  indispensable  to  those  who  engage  in  great  under- 
takings, or  would  rise  to  eminence. 

These  three  temperaments,  so  strongly  united  in  you,  endow 
you  with  that  swaying,  commanding  and  leading  character, 
gives  you  power  of  mind  and  body,  and  makes  you  our  Com- 
mander-in-Chief. 


Having  briefly  explained  your  temperament  with  its  signifi- 
cance, I  proceed  to  examine  closely  the  special  traits  of  your 
character.  As  I  often  engage  in  studying  the  characters  of 
great  men,  which  gives  me  special  pleasure,  I  find  your  physi- 
ognomy resembles  very  much  those  of  other  great  men,  espe- 
cially those  self-made  men — a  Frederick  the  Great,  Wellington, 
Washington,  or  a  Jackson,  and  others. 

You  have  a  high,  massive  and  fully  developed  forehead,  a 
high  and  full  crown,  a  calm,  keen  eye,  full  of  truthfulness  and 
sympathy,  a  very  prominent  nose,  a  straight,  manly  mouth, 
and  a  fully  developed  chin.  Such  a  face  reveals  a  great  deal 
even  to  the  common  observer,  how  much  more  to  a  practical 
physiognomist.  A  whole  volume  might  easily  be  written  (and 
a  very  interesting  one)  on  your  physiognomy.  Yet,  in  my  re- 
marks I  must  be  brief. 

Firmness,  conscientiousness,  hope  and  benevolence  are  large, 
indicating  steadfastness — to  cling  to  what  is  right,  and  to  pun- 
ish the  wrong — a  love  for  justice  and  liberty.  Your  benevo- 
lence, combined  with  large  social  organs,  render  you  kind  and 
affectionate  to  your  family  and  acquaintance,  generous  toward 
strangers,  sympathizing  and  administering  relief  to  those  who 
suffer  pain  or  sickness.  Veneration  and  spirituality  nearly  full, 
filling  you  with  reverence  and  faith.  Your  worship  is  sin- 
cere, yet  without  much  ceremony  or  form. 

Your  leading, organs  of  the  moral  faculties  being  large,  com- 
bine with  full  imitation,  ideality  and  sublimity,  create  in  you 
an  aspiration  after  goodness,  virtue,  purity  and  strict  moral 
principle,  integrity,  love  of  right,  and  sense  of  accountability 
and  obligation.  You  love  justice  and  truth,  regard  duty,  are 
disposed  to  fulfill  promises  and  agreements,  have  an  internal 
motive  to  approve  the  right  and  condemn  the  wrong,  with  a 
desire  to  reform.  Your  forehead  being  high,  it  endows  you 


with  natural  greatness  of  intellect  and  judgment,  high  talents, 
sound  sense  and  clear  reasoning  power  and  comprehensiveness 
of  mind.  The  moral  and  intellectual  organs,  so  prominent, 
make  you  great  in  whatsoever  you  do.  They  give  you  that 
control  and  self-command  which  has  raised  you  from  step  to 
step,  till  you  fill  the  very  highest  position  obtainable  in  this, 
our  glorious  Country.  There  is  an  unusual  fulness  over  the 
eyes,  which  endows  you  with  power  to  judge  of  the  value  and 
usefulness  of  all  you  see,  with  extraordinary  power  to  observe. 
You  have  a  constructing,  planning  mind,  with  large,  practical 
judgment  in  general. 

Behold  the  eye !  how  calm  and  steady,  yet  how  keen  and 
piercing !  how  quick  to  observe  and  read  the  character  of  men 
at  a  glance!  Full  of  hope,  sympathy,  truthfulness  and  self- 
command.  No  passion  or  intemperance  is  admitted.  All  un- 
just desires  are  kept  in  check  by  a  steady,  iron  will.  Then,  in 
those  eyes  I  see  a  noble,  honest,  steadfast  and  intellectual  look, 
combined  with  reverence,  modesty  and  cheerfulness.  Those 
noble  eyes  are,  indeed,  a  fit  emblem  for  a  crown.  They  never 
yet  disdained  a  smile,  nor  trembled  at  a  frown. 

Again,  I  see  a  large  and  compact  nose  of  the  Roman  type. 
What  an  amount  of  greatness,  of  the  leading,  commanding  and 
swaying  character,  combined  with  force,  industry,  economy  and 
cool  courage  ;  a  desire  to  encounter  danger  and  difficulties  ;  a 
will  to  stand  on  the  defensive,  to  protect  one's  self,  defend 
friend  and  country,  and  build  defensive  works,  fortifications  and 
rnen-of-war.  All  these  are  indispensable  to  a  commander — a 
large  Roman  nose  and  prominent  cheek-bones.  We  find  all 
great  commanders,  from  Julius  Caesar  to  Napoleon,  Wellington, 
Blucher,  and  others.  They  all  had  prominent  noses  and  full 
cheek-bones,  and  so  has  our  great  Commander-in-Chief. 


Behold  the  large,  straight,  and  manly  mouth,  with  its  ex- 
pressions of  purity,  love  and  friendship,  steadfastness,  perse- 
verance and  firmness  !  What  large  comprehensiveness,  concen- 
tration and  application — clearness  and  precision  ;  and  the  lover 
part  how  full  and  prominent,  indicating  very  large  patriotism 
and  philanthropy.  You,  like  Washington,  furnish  a  marked 
example  of  the  most  exalted  patriotism  and  warm  love  for  man- 
kind in  general. 

You  have  an  exalted,  noble  and  aspiring  mind,  combined 
with  honesty  in  motives,  love  for  liberty,  and  desire  to  act  and 
speak  freely  without  hesitation  ;  a  general  confidence  in  your 
strength,  abilities,  and  sincere  and  upright  motives,  and  having 
those  and  many  other  qualities  so  highly  developed,  you  could 
rarely  fail  to  leave  your  mark  on  all  you  touch.     Yet,  you  are 
apt  rather  to  place  too  much  confidence  in  those  whom  you 
needs  rmust  engage.     The  scripture  says  " Watch,"  and  again 
it  says,  "Watch — prove  all  things,  hold  fast  that  which  is  good." 
"  You  are  freely  disposed  to  forgive  often ;  too  much  so — espe- 
cially in  time  of  war.     There  should  be  less  allowance  for  neg- 
lect or  imprudence,  but  rather  a  doubly  strict  observance  of 
law  and  its  execution,  combined  with  severe  punishment  on  all 
who  venture  to  disobey  or  are  found  guilty,  especially  to  those 
employed  in  the  service  of  the  Government.     In  the  time  of 
war  it  becomes    every    individual  to  be  doubly   suspicious, 
to  sharpen  their  watchfulness,  and  to  be  ever  on  their  guard.  In 
regard  to  your  health,  continue  your  strict  observance  of  the 
rule  of  temperance ;  take  no  less  than  eight  hours  of  sleep, 
which  will  enable  you  to  accomplish  your  daily  difficult  task 
with  ease  and  pleasure,  and  bring  forth  powerful  and  sound 
judgment  and  actions  which  have 'so  nobly  marked  your  steps 
and  deeds,  and  are  indispensable  for  our  noble  Commander- 
in-Chief. 


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The  examination  of  your  great  and  exalted  character  leads 
me  to  say  that  your  past  life  has  been  full  of  hard  physical 
and  mental  labor,  encounters  and  adventures  of  difficulties  and 
dangers.  Your  constant  love  and  desire  for  action  has  found 
engagements  and  difficulties  sufficient  to  break  the  strongest 
constitution ;  yet,  hard  out-door  employment  in  your  youth, 
solid  and  plain  living — strict  love  and  observance  of  temper- 
ance and  virtue  has  fortified  you  with  unusually  strong  mus- 
cles, a  powerful  frame,  large  vital  and  mental  organs,  a  wiry 
and  tough  constitution,  and  aspiring  mind  and  body,  which  can 
rarely  fail  to  crown  your  efforts  with  success. 

On  your  future  life  permit  me  to  remark  :  Walk  before  God 
and  be  perfect.  He  has  said — "  I  will  renew  my  covenant 
with  thee."  He  will  multiply  and  bless  the  nation  you  are 
called  to  preside  over.  Peace  and  unity  shall  be  restored  under 
your  administration.  You  shall  reap  the  reward  of  your  labor 
more  abundantly.  Accomplish  your  will  and  lay  down  the 
scepter,  freely  followed  by  the  good  will  of  God  and  man. 
Your  name  shall  be  written  on  the  list  of  those  who  spent  their 
lives  and  energies  nobly,  in  the  service  of  their  country. 


ULYSSES  S.  GRANT. 


PHRENOLOGICAL  CHARACTER, 


Of  the  various  likenesses  of  warriors,  who  have  raised  them- 
selves by  honest  motives,  cool  courage  and  high  mental  and 
physical  power  and  talent,  the  above  represents  to  us  one  of 
the  most  striking  in  appearance,  uniting  in  the  one  person 
all  those  talents  and  energies,  both  physical  and  mental, 
which  are  indispensable  for  all  who  would  become  truly  great, 
and  mark  meir  career  and  action  in  every  department  of  life, 
with  prudence,  power,  self-command  and  ability,  creating  es- 
teem, love  and  confidence,  and  crowning  every  effort  with  honor 
and  success. 

Bsncrof  t  ubiiaqr 


Much,  indeed,  depends  upon  the  various  talents,  capacities  and 
energies  of  any  person  who  would  rise  to  eminence,  yet  much 
also  upon  the  honest  and  true  motive.  Napoleon  stands  yet 


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fresh  in  our  memory — he  fought  for  the  glory  of  France ;  his 
talents  as  a  warrior  and  statesman  are  indisputable ;  we  have 
beheld  his  glory,  yet  also  his  downward  career  and  final  fall. 
Not  love  of  honor,  but  rather  love  for  duty  and  country  inspired 
Blucher,  Wellington  and  Washington,  they  stood  like  rocks 
through  all  the  torrents  and  storms  of  life :  they,  by  honest  and 
sincere  motives  accomplished  their  great  and  difficult  task. 
We  have  beheld  their  triumphant  career  and  glorious  end. 

Examining  the  character  of  U.  S.  Grant  in  a  moral  aspect, 
we  find  a  full,  broad  and  high  head,  with  large  benevolence, 
firmness  and  concientiousness,  with  full  hope,  veneration  and 
faith.  These  are  the  greatest  gifts  of  God  bestowed  on  man. 
Strict  moral  principle,  regard  for  duty  and  love  fo$  mankind  are 
generally  accompanied  by  affection  and  sympathy,  and  rever- 
ence for  God  and  religion.  Your  morals  being  fully  developed, 
strengthened  by  steadfastness  and  self-reliance,  inspire  you 
with  honest  and  true  motives,  love  for  duty,  and  strict  observ- 
ance for  the  welfare  of  your  country.  A  disinterested  mind 
for  honor  or  glory,  but  rather  a  disposition  to  assign  the  honor 
of  any  victory,  achieved  even  under  your  command,  to  others, 
filling  them  with  love  and  esteem  and  a  desire  to  obey  and 
yield  their  strength  in  accordance  with  your  will,  endeavoring 
to  do  all  to  be  worthy  of  their  noble  commander. 

The  high  standing  of  your  moral  character  fills  me,  indeed, 
with  the  greatest  confidence ;  yet,  without  force  of  character, 
even  Luther,  with  all  his  highly  exalted  morals,  could  not  have 
reformed  the  world  had  he  not  been  possessed  of  such  im- 
mense destructiveness,  combativeness  and  general  force  of  cha- 
racter. It  matters  not  whether  we  fight  with  the  teword  in 
hand  or  the  word  of  God,  we  must  be  endowed  with  force  and 
perseverance  to  achieve  the  victory. 


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Your  head  being  white  and  fully  developed  around  the  ears, 
indicate   large  destructiveness,  combativeness  and  executive- 

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ness,  giving  you  force  and  resistance,  cool  courage  to  meet  the 
enemy,  brave  dangers  and  difficulties,  and  even  disable  or  de- 
stroy whatsoever  opposes  you,  yet  having  secretiveness  and  cau- 
tiousness also  full,  you  are  mindful  of  dangers,  will  not  venture 
too  freely,  make  little  sacrifice,  are  cool  and  self-possessed,  not 
hurrying  yourself  or  others  into  destructiveness,  but  rather 
take  time  and  opportunity  and  then  fight  with  advantage  and 
success. 

Your  practical  judgment  and  calculating  power  are  rathe* 
high.  You  judge  the  qualifications  of  men  and  other  ma- 
terial things  correctly ;  have  an  excellent  eye  to  measure  ;  you 
possess  a  superior  talent  in  horsemanship,  great  talent  for  the 
study  of  geography  and  mathematics,  remember  places  and 
countenances  once  seen  quite  well,  and  the  tinie  when  and  how 
things  occurrede  asily,  better  than  the  names  thereof;  your  order 
and  calculation  are  immense;  language  not  quite  full,  hence  you 
have  more  thoughts  than  words;  what  you  have  to  say  is  in  the 
fewest  words,  burdened  with  thoughts ;  you  write  little  and  to 
the^point;  make  short  speeches,  yet  full  of  meaning  and  im- 
pression ;  you  rather  make  plans  and  execute  them,  than  to 
speak  about  or  reveal  them  to  others,  except  when  needful. 
Your  eye  appears  very  calm  and  fixed,  full  of  deep  thought ; 
there  is  nothing  nervous  or  irritable  in  your  look,  but  rather 
decision,  firmness  and  cool  courage ;  your  look  is  deep  and 
scrutinizing,  seeing  and  perceiving  all  that  transpires  around, 
yet  say  nothing,  perhaps  do  nothing  either,  until  the  time 
for  action  is  ripe,  then,  even  men  of  a  far  seeing  mind  wonder 
and  are  surprised  over  those  deep  plans,  their  execution,  final 
success  and  victory. 


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Your  high  and  full  forehead  indicates  a  superior  power  of 
reasoning,  comparing  and  investigating;  good  common  sense  and 
sound  judgment,  give  you  self-command,  enable  you  easily  to 
rule  all  your  other  faculties  and  make  them  yield  to  reason- 
There  is  an  even  counterbalance  in  those  various  faculties, 
bringing  forth  a  combination  of  well-together-netted  plans 
and  actions,  which  cannot  fail  to  accomplish  at  last  the  great 
'  end  for  which  they  were  designed. 

Taking  a  general  view  of  your  countenance,  with  its  ex- 
pression and  indication,  it  fills  us  with  the  greatest  confidence 
in  your  qualification  as  commander  of  a  great  army :  there  is  a 
superior  mind,  full  of  deep  thoughts,  planning,  constructing  and 
investigating  intellect,  with  great  power  to  concentrate,  com- 
prehend and  apply  both  mind  and  body  perseveringly  to  what- 
soever duty  you  are  called  upon  to  perform.  What  an  immense 
force,  persistence  and  cool  courage  are  resting  there,  sufficient  to 
brave  and  battle  all  the  difficulties  and  dangers  which  the  most 
rebellious  war  could  ever  produce;  moreover,  aided  by  cool  cal- 
culation and  sober  judgment,  ability  to  comprehend  dangers 
and  difficulties  in  the  right  light,  with  talents  to  provide  and 
secure  means  to  overcome  them  and  yield  glorious  ends ! 

Then  notice  the  breadth  and  fullness  of  the  face  and  body 
in  general,  indicating  firstly,  an  even  balanced  mind,  combining 
all  conditions  of  power,  activity  arid  susceptibility,  well  governed 
feelings,  with  great  force  of  both  character  and  intellect,  per- 
fect consistency  and  discretion,  a  power  to  restrain  or  call  into 
exercise  every  faculty  and  employ  it  in  whatsoever  you  find  to 
do  ;  secondly,  a  strong  constitution,  a  tough  and  wiry  brain, 
power  to  endure  hardships,  live  on  strong  and  plain  food,  do 
with  little  sleep — which  is  sound  and  refreshing — and  creating 
more  than  sufficient  steam  to  be  ever  ready  for  action,  take 


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hold  of  projects  with  both  hands,  and  drive  forward  in  spite 
of  obstacles,  and  accomplish  those  deeds  and  actions  in  which 
those  presiding  over  you  really  felt. 

Such  is  the  character,  constitution  and  principle  of  our  no- 
ble hero:  he  has,  in  the  past  days,  proved  himself  worthy, 
earning  step  by  step  the  confidence  of  the  people,  achieving 
success  here  and  victory  there  with  little  sacrifice;  ever  adding 
states  and  cities  to  our  Union,  till  he  was  acknowledged  the 
most  successful  general,  and  has  finally  become  chief  command- 
er of  the  Union  army.  How  unlike  was  it  with  McClellan, 
who,  by  recommendations,  love  for  high  station,  or  even  money 
or  gain,  raised  himself  at  the  sacrifice  of  the  honor  of  our 
country  and  the  noble  blood  of  our  heroic  soldiers  through 
folly  and  incapability,  sacrificing  a  noble  army,  gaining  nothing 
but  dishonor  and  the  reproach  of  a  nation.  Through  the  re- 
commendation of  others,  he  was  raised  to  the  command  of  the 
army.  His  campaigns  were  marked  by  defeats  and  desperate 
blows  received  from  the  enemy,  without  almost  any  resistance  ; 
shameful  retreats  and  disasters  have  answered  the  question  on 
the  reliability  of  recommendation.  Then  permit  me  to  say,  rely 
upon  no  recommendation  which  speaks  louder  "than  words.  Has 
not  the  unconditional  Grant  recommended  himself  by  his  deeds 
of  heroism  ?  Through  his  superior  talents  he  has  become  the 
acknowledged  leader. 

He  is  the  lion  of  the  west  at  whose  frown  the  enemy  trembles, 
at  his  tremendous  roar  their  nation  quakes,  their  cities  fall  ; 
their  hills  and  valleys  echo  and  re-echo,  pronouncing  their  ruin ; 
He  is  moving  upon  his  prey,  and  before  we  see  the  latter 
end  of  the  present  month,  the  lion  shall  roar  louder  and  more 
tremendous  than  ever,  and  wlien  he  roars  their  cities  shall  fall, 
their  nation  shall  tremble  and  their  power  be  destroyed. 


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On  that  great  day  of  Union  triumph,  the  world  will  acknowl- 
edge the  truthfulness  of  our  statement,  which  we  have  made 
on  the  character  and  qualification  of  our  two  heroes,  A.  Lin- 
coln and  U.  S.  Grant ;  their  triumphant  end  wTill  prove  them 
all  and  more  than  what  we  .have  represented  them  ;  the  world 
at  large  will  acknowledge  them  as  the  true  and  firm  pillars  of 
the  Union,  who  have  stood  firm  through  all  the  torrents  and 
storms  which  such  a  fearful  rebellion  could  produce. 

Appealing  to  one  and  all,  stand  by  them  and  support  them 
in  the  hour  of  peril  and  danger. 

A  bright  morning  is  dawning — 

O,  listen  to  my  call, 

Support  the  true  pillars, 

The  rebellion  must  fall. 

A  blessing  shall  shower 

On  all  who  stood  close 

To  the  stars  and  stripes. 

Our  call  re-echoos, 

Support  the  pillars 

Of  your  Union  pride ; 

Stand  by  them  forever, 

Your  vote  will  decide, 

Your  vote  will  decide. 

My  words  will  prove  true, 

And  Lincoln  and  Grant 

Their  government  renew. 

The  government  is  renewed* 

The  lion  feels  strong, 

The  enemy  trembles 

When  listening  to  our  song. 

The  song  of  the  Union 

Again  we  will  hear, 


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The  roar  of  the  lion 

The  rebels  do  fear : 

The  rebels  must  tremble, 

Their  stronghold  must  fall. 

There  hopes  thus  must  be  blasted, 

Till  the  end  of  their  fall. 

May  God  in  his  mercy 

Look  down  on  our  race, 

And  bless  our  nation 

And  bless  our  ways, 

And  bless  our  Union, 

And  bless  our  land, 

Bless  all  our  efforts, 

Bless  Lincoln  and  Grant. 


